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Mexico U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)El Tri (The Tri)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachRaúl Chabrand
CaptainAlan Cervantes
FIFA codeMEX
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Mexico 5 – 0 Haiti 
(Panama, Panama; March 9, 1962)
Biggest win
 Mexico 16 – 0 Puerto Rico 
(Rades, Tunisia; February 22, 1974)[citation needed]
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 5 – 1 Mexico 
(San Pedro, Honduras; August 21, 1994)
Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up  : 1977
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1962)
Best resultWinner  : 1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013 & 2015

The Mexico national under-20 football team represents Mexico in association football at the under-20 age level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico.

The team has won the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship a record thirteen times across its various formats. Mexico has also qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 15 of the 21 occasions that the tournament has been held. Mexico's best finish came at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, the first ever edition of a FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament. They also managed a third-place finish at the 2011 edition.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 4 0 11 5
Japan 1979 Group Stage 11th 3 0 2 1 3 4
Australia 1981 Group Stage 11th 3 0 2 1 4 5
Mexico 1983 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 4
Soviet Union 1985 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 3
Chile 1987 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989 Banned
Portugal 1991 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 1 2 1 7 5
Australia 1993 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 3
Qatar 1995 Did Not Qualify
Malaysia 1997 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 6 3
Nigeria 1999 Quarter-Finals 6th 5 3 1 1 9 5
Argentina 2001 Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003 Group Stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 2 5
Netherlands 2005 Did Not Qualify
Canada 2007 Quarter-Finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 3
Egypt 2009 Did Not Qualify
Colombia 2011 Third Place 3rd 7 3 2 2 10 6
Turkey 2013 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 6 6
New Zealand 2015 Group Stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 5
South Korea 2017 Quarter-Finals 8th 5 2 1 2 4 4
Poland 2019 Group Stage 21st 3 0 0 3 1 6
Indonesia 2021 To be determined
Total 16/23 65 22 18 25 90 72

Honours

Official competitions

Invitational competitions

Individual awards

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup

Schedule and recent results

The following is a list of matches from the current U-20 cycle.

Date Location Opponent Score[1] Competition Scorers for Mexico
May 23, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Italy 1–2 WC Roberto de la Rosa
May 26, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Japan 0–3 WC
May 29, 2019 Gdynia, Poland  Ecuador 0–1 WC
Key
  • 1.^ Mexico's score is listed first
  • F = Friendly
  • WC = FIFA U-20 World Cup

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Carlos Higuera (2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18) Mexico Tijuana
2 2DF Kevin Álvarez (1999-01-15)15 January 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Pachuca
3 2DF Gilberto Sepúlveda (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Guadalajara
4 2DF Efraín Orona (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Pachuca
5 2DF Naelson Cárdenas (1999-04-15)15 April 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Querétaro
6 3MF Alan Torres (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 19) Mexico Guadalajara
7 3MF Diego Hernández (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Guadalajara
8 3MF Misael Domínguez (1999-10-27)27 October 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Cruz Azul
9 4FW José Macías (1999-09-22)22 September 1999 (aged 19) Mexico León
10 3MF Diego Lainez (2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 18) Spain Real Betis
11 4FW Roberto de la Rosa (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 19) Mexico Pachuca
12 1GK Luis López (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Dorados
13 2DF Mario Trejo (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Monarcas Morelia
14 2DF Oswaldo León (1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 19) Mexico América
15 3MF Fernando Plascencia (1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Necaxa
16 3MF Roberto Meraz (1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Monarcas Morelia
17 4FW Daniel López (2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 19) Mexico Tijuana
18 3MF Carlos Gutiérrez (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Pumas
19 3MF Antonio Figueroa (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (aged 19) Mexico Pachuca
20 3MF Adrián Lozano (1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 20) Mexico Santos Laguna
21 1GK Ángel Alonzo (2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 19) Mexico Necaxa

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1 José Juan Macías 2018-2019 10
2 Ronaldo Cisneros 2017 8
3 Hirving Lozano 2015 6
4 Ulises Dávila 2011 5
5 Giovani dos Santos 2005 5
6 Jesús Manuel Corona 2013 4
7 Alejandro Díaz 2015 4
8 Taufic Guarch 2011 4
9 Pedro Pineda 1991 4
10 Edson Rivera 2011 4
11 Alejandro Díaz 2015 4
12 Uriel Antuna 2017 3
13 Marco Bueno 2013 3
14 Alonso Escoboza 2013 3
15 Eduardo Lillingston 1997 3
16 Guillermo Martínez 2015 3
17 Alan Pulido 2011 3
18 Jose Ramírez 2015 3
19 Luis Placencia 1977 3
20 Alberto García Aspe 1985 3

Managers

Manager Mexico career Played Won Drawn Lost
Mexico Horacio Casarin 1977 5 1 4 0
Mexico Mario Velarde 1983 3 0 1 2
Mexico Jesús del Muro 1985, 1998–1999 12 9 1 2
Mexico Alfonso Portugal 1991 4 1 2 1
Mexico Juan de Dios Castillo 1992–1993 7 4 2 1
Mexico Juan Manuel Alvarez 1994 3 2 0 1
Mexico José Luis Real 1996–1997, 2001 12 6 3 3
Mexico Eduardo Rergis 2002–2003 6 2 1 3
Argentina Humberto Grondona 2005 3 1 0 2
Mexico Jesús Ramírez 2007–2009 8 6 1 1
Mexico Juan Carlos Chávez 2009–2011 11 8 1 2
Mexico Sergio Almaguer 2013–2015 24 15 2 7
Mexico Marco Antonio Ruiz 2016–2020 12 8 1 3

Mexico Raúl Chabrand

2020– 0 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Triunfo de Panamá significa que México gana la Copa Presidente". 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "La Sub-20 ganó en Rusia el torneo 'Lev Yashin'".
  4. ^ "Mexico win the 59th ADO youth tournament". 28 May 2012.